Louis, Count of Verdun

Louis I (murdered September 28, 1025), Count of Chiny (987-1025) and Count of Verdun (as Louis) (1024-1025), son of Otto I, Count of Chiny, and an unknown mother.

Upon Otto's death in 987, Louis I became the second Count of Chiny. Virtually nothing is known about his rule in Chiny.

In 1024, Reginbert, the Bishop of Verdun, appointed Louis as Count of Verdun when Count Herman of Ename, son of Godfrey the Prisoner, retired to a monastery. Herman's nephew, Godfrey the Bearded, coveted the position, and Gothelo (Herman’s brother and Godfrey’s father) invaded the city and murdered Louis.

Louis married Adélaïde de Saint Varme (d. after 1025), of unknown parentage. They had two children:

• Louis II, Count of Chiny
• Liutgarde (1002- ), married to Richer de Sancy (d. before 1084). Luitgarde and Richer had four sons: Hughes (d. after 1109), Louis (d. after 1084), Roderic (d. after 1109) and Richwin (killed before 1084). Nothing further is known about them.

Louis’ son Louis II assumed the position of Count of Chiny after his father's death, and Godfrey the Bearded was appointed Count of Verdun.

References

• Arlette Laret-Kayser, Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300, Bruxelles (éditions du Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire, série in-8°, n° 72), 1986
• Medieval Lands Project, Comtes d’Ivois et Chiny